Law to Limit Parking Garages is Tabled After Closed-Door Talks
Posted on: Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 15:00 CDT
By Harry Minium, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.
Oct. 5--NORFOLK -- After a 40-minute discussion behind closed doors Tuesday, the City Council indefinitely tabled a proposed ordinance that would encourage mass transit and discourage the proliferation of parking garages downtown.
The ordinance is a necessary step in the city's quest for light rail. Norfolk wants to build a 7.5-mile rail line from downtown to Kempsville Road, near the border with Virginia Beach.
The federal government, which would pay half the cost, has to approve the project.
Hampton Roads Transit president and CEO Michael S. Townes said last month that federal officials had accepted HRT's assertion that the downtown has a deficit of parking, but the officials need evidence that the shortage will continue.
The city, which controls most of the downtown's parking garages, recently opened a new garage off Boush Street and a private garage is being built by Trader Publishing for a $51 million office tower.
Another city garage is planned for a Hilton Hotel/convention center.
Councilman W. Randy Wright, who has led the light rail effort, declined to comment Tuesday, deferring to City Attorney Bernard A. Pishko.
Pishko declined to discuss specifics.
"We're exploring what we can legally do," he said.
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